User:Nickj

I'm running an IBM Thinkpad T40, with Ubuntu 7.04 as the operating system.

Hardware

A T40 with the following options:

• 1.4 Ghz CPU
• ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 with 32MB video card
• 1024x768 resolution LCD
• 512MB RAM
• 40 Gb Hitachi HDD
• UltraBay Slim CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo Drive
• 10/100 ethernet
• Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter
• modem without bluetooth

Unresolved questions

It works reasonably well, but I'm trying to find solutions to the following questions / problems that would take it from "good" to "great" :

• The mute button will mute sound, but pressing it again does not unmute. Is it possible to make it do this?

  Looks like this may be a function of the hardware, and that it's been that way for years.

• After hibernating, the wired Ethernet sometimes stops working. Despite various combinations of ifup / ifdown, editing /etc/network/interfaces, and /etc/init.d/networking restart, sometimes it refuses to work again. Restarting the computer seems to always make it work again. How to make sure that wired networking always works after a hibernate?

  Same thing happens with wireless too sometimes, and a reboot is required to make it start working again. Hopefully Ubuntu 7.10 will include a fix for this.

  This may be Bug 149968: ipw2100 wifi driver dies at random, which is marked as status "Can't fix". Hmmmm...

• For other laptop users, the Network Manager Applet in Gnome will display the wireless network strength, and available wireless networks. For me, it only displays the wireless strength. How can I show the available wireless networks in the panel area?

If you have any answers or suggestions, then please edit this page and add them, I would welcome any assistance. -- All the best, Nickj 06:02, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

Fixed things

• How to make the "Access IBM" button open a console / xterm, using hotkey-setup?.

  I hope I have found an answer to your first question under ThinkPad_Button#Using_xbindkeys_on_Ubuntu. -- Greetings, Hepta sean 03:04, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

  Thank you! The Using Gnome steps worked great for me. The answer was so simple, I was incorrectly assuming it would be more involved and require installing something new. -- All the best, Nickj 05:17, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

• Sound initially wasn't working. Fix was either to update ALSA, and/or press the volume up or volume down keys.

Todo

A reminder to myself of things to try or do, in order:

1. Update to Ubuntu 7.10 at the end of October, around a week after it has been released, so as to avoid the worst of the bugs.
2. Then try some of the steps on this page: How to reduce power consumption